Telegram-herald., 1887-02-07

On I'd. nfrIt Di aNly a-A lNf itt-NrNt0 ht
Franklin Ohio. small town forty miles
from Cincinnati on the Bee i.-e we're hoy
rirel 81. ieGrn'1g that a uos- atr1ciogs
crime naD n.en committed ol tae out
sr.rts of the town Mamle Ho NegeI tla
rear-ait daughter of Christopher EoI-
Uerar farmer, iFiuf one and 81 hal ml.ff
lrom Franklin hst been lTuUIIs outraged
aut ther murdered. llc ufci hc1 been
done co. toe optu hiehNsv hardly three
hgudrel wards trom the little s.rl home
teWS oi The heir ous crime spread l4e
W.. frl Dreatiu- tle mos' intense excite.
meut ir tne ncislhorh1aa. srl could lAC
murderer hav, dcel found he wofit have
unloguiei plil the penalty 3' his crime
ther and there
ia The afternoon tho gir. who was OF
slrh- ard delicate build. Was sert to fraus-
iin 0u an erTanl. Noj rgturn.u- a. .night
came aef moiheri became alarmed and WAS
greatly worried about heI safety. but no
fhu.el 0l real danger occurred TO her
Aho1t la.t- Qasf eight party 90 iurn ou tlc
opposite side ot fae canal which parallels
The road near the sce-e pl fae murder
callel across 20 ho'we1er, who hal iuei rt-
turned iTcn work tAat a.le girl was J
/ ing on bis si'e oi The canal asleep little
wavs down the road.
Psrentlke the thought that ID WAS his
caila flashed into tlie father mind. and hc
hurried over 60 the bridge where be tonnd
i.raI- Atkinson o vounE man aged H. aru
) lives witaip 1sli niie ~ ho!wc-e aaa
( Nei Mc1aarey ore asnici soldier. VINO
! ves with Atkinson al thrcr hurried 10
I ths place where the child Jas. and The
| frightened nther recognized his child as
/ s1on ss he c1uld Distinguish her outlines in
! the darkness The body was lying Gpon
| the back with arms and limbs Ouis;retchei.
! clothing fora and disarranget All TINS wss
/ dist'ngl.sha6ie ~ tle darkness and sent q
/ thrill a. anguish through ihe father. hf
/ iiOlweeer grispei the limp form 0i nis
/ c...ll I'D his breast aud. as he did 50 gasp
. or soh probably eausci by the relaxation OF
/ the muscles. was heard.
1 The n0iy was az once taken 80 the house
! and physicians We're AT once hastily suln
! monci, pgt 10 no purpose as tLc child was
/ dead. hhsjv examination showed =
isree wound on the frontal bone directly
/ over the rghl eye another on the maiar
bone inst hei0w the eve. sap another
/ a.ross taa nose crlshn- the nasai bone
Iaa wrists showed plainly thnt they hal
been roughly grasrcr a1d ahrasct p the
struggle 4 confusion ON the ieit elbow
indicated thai blow had fallen there when
the sfin hal apparently been raised rs d no
/ ward oft the blow. The child clothing
/ was torn almost in.O threads. exposing ihe
| bodg. ard was more or le-s sainrtiei ..h
/ blood. tuc lower ifuL- YER ANft-ti, til d
an examination gave u1loub sd evidence
iaaf the villain haa rarishca Gee giri. TIE
throat aud necs bore the iWprn nt of finger
/ marks ant there were other slight
abrasions ga ihe different paris Of the
| body. The C0u3 son of Tie body in-
d'rated thal lie h II been extinct Tor
! some time.
Officers were a. once notified and the
! country WAS scourcd for the hend who bad
| done thc aecG. Officers at once visited the
! scene ol ,he murder. which had evidently
! been for the grauhcst0u oi lust search tv
| iautern was rewarded in the hnd,ug Of q
! friangulor piece OF linn wool about two
| leet loue and two inches thica, upon which
| blood WAS spat,ered. also tgo-oiadel
knife with "A large blade open. Iac knife
was white handled and peculiarly marked
d. shield-shaped mark on one side. This
Naa thc only Die0.
NeAo Ru seli hall wUted fellow w.e
j. .ri sb0nt Franklin. wes arrestc. on cf-
Gums 4ntial evidence. ha. saccceo otd in
proving au aiini hto-e the excited peonle
cl.li hang hI- a peii.er nom - tay .or
wee Also arrested on suspicion. bag nothing
CrlN BE- flUrd agalatt nin
great .eH-a 1r nas created whru the
father lf .he .h.l-. Chrs opher No'weeef.
Wa Ci.sr-fl ult4 t.a eams. Htt WfH
alf' tgIg thH lf wn Ifiea. the eeinz 1.
iu, so great rr-inz h.ul FINALLY. howcr ~.
ir ems acquitted. aei there wac aaafhtr re-
/ Nl t..u ~ fon'fls